Not actually disagreeing with you, just elaborating why for me the connection works. Ye Zun, for all his personal trauma and revenge agenda, does dress up his villainy as a way for the Dixing people to get revenge on humans treating them badly, shafting them with the peace agreement, etc. So to me, even in the context of Ye Zun, that making things right for Dixing comes from a human making the sacrifice, not Shen Wei, fits and actually is a pretty good fuck you / prove-him-wrong to Ye Zun. Nodnod! Indeed, it does work that Ye Zun be brought down by his brother, even if I wish we could've gotten an ending where Ye Zun realized that all the anti-human and anti-gege stuff was implanted by the one guy who actually treated him badly, and he'd then maybe stop his vendetta, but alas, that was not to happen. Alternatively, Zhao Yunlan accidentally talking him into reconciling with Shen Wei. Then again, I am a sucker for happy endings and reconciliations and redemption, plus Zhao Yunlan being competent and saving the day...
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Nodnod! Indeed, it does work that Ye Zun be brought down by his brother, even if I wish we could've gotten an ending where Ye Zun realized that all the anti-human and anti-gege stuff was implanted by the one guy who actually treated him badly, and he'd then maybe stop his vendetta, but alas, that was not to happen. Alternatively, Zhao Yunlan accidentally talking him into reconciling with Shen Wei. Then again, I am a sucker for happy endings and reconciliations and redemption, plus Zhao Yunlan being competent and saving the day...